The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people in the UK: what the research says

SB Arts Media/Shutterstock COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of children and young people beyond recognition. Throughout the pandemic, research has been underway to assess the impact on young people’s mental health, but much research is poor quality and so potentially misleading. For example, a global, collaborative and constantly updated project,Continue Reading

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Acceptance is negative and fact is indisputable carries my thought process with horse-racing and betting/selections but I’m convinced that four placed losers last Friday/Saturday will all win next time. All my fancies are products of time-handicap computation, which is definitive; knowing selections have marks capable of making profit subsequently, isContinue Reading

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It has been a challenging year for the Veterans Breakfast Club – Covid restrictions preventing any meet-ups, then a gradual relaxation of the rules followed by further curtailment. However, in September of this year we were finally able to start meeting again in a fairly normal manner. Despite all theContinue Reading

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Luke Pollard, the Labour and Co-operative MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has called for Conservative MPs to remove Boris Johnson as their leader and as Prime Minister.  In an open letter to all Tory MPs for the South West, Luke states that Johnson’s is “unfit for office” after revelations this week suggestContinue Reading

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A&E wait times: why the four hour target might need a re-think

There are some misconceptions about what the four hour target actually means. Medical-R/ Shutterstock People who attend accident and emergency (A&E) departments in the UK are supposed to be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. But these targets haven’t been hit in England since 2015. In October of thisContinue Reading

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